Today in the News: Dog saves 8-year-old from swarm of bees

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Sep 3, 2014 at 7:00 PM

A family’s pit bull saved an 8-year-old boy from a swarm of bees, pulling him to safety. The boy was playing with his sister and some friends in the woods in Oregon when one of the children stepped on a rotted log, and a swarm of bees began attacking them. When the 8-year-old, who was stung 24 times, couldn’t make it up a hill to escape, Hades the pit bull pulled the boy by the pants up the hill.

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A family’s pit bull saved an 8-year-old boy from a swarm of bees, pulling him to safety. The boy was playing with his sister and some friends in the woods in Oregon when one of the children stepped on a rotted log, and a swarm of bees began attacking them. When the 8-year-old, who was stung 24 times, couldn’t make it up a hill to escape, Hades the pit bull pulled the boy by the pants up the hill.

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